Dear Editor, In the years I have lived in Nederland I have noted a remarkable decline in birds, butterflies, insects and especially ladybugs, which are so beneficial. That is disturbing to me! I encourage our mountain community to stop using...
What is happening in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank has slipped under the radar as the 24-hour news cycle moves on to the next headline, such as the US bombing of Iran’s nuclear sites. By the time of this being published, Prime Minister...
Dear Editor, When I learned that the Thursday, July 17, No Kings protest, celebrates John Lewis' Good Trouble and the fifth anniversary of his death, I knew many of us would be glad to honor John Lewis' life. ...
Dear Editor, I grew up in suburbia and spent my working life in “urbia.” When I retired, I sought a simpler life in a country setting. A place with big skies, mountains and streams. I made a list of all the things I never had time to pursue...
Dear Editor, Thank you, Mountain-Ear, for working with the Central City Opera to subsidize rush tickets for Gilpin County residents! A friend and I attended The Barber of Seville recently, and I can hardly express how wonderful the whole...
PEAK TO PEAK - While studying history sometimes it has to be questioned and truly analyzed to get to the truth. Because the main narrative is written by the winners and the people in power and what is accepted by the cultural norms it is important...
Dear MFP members and supporters, Join us at the Mountain Forum for Peace sculpture garden Saturday, July 5, 10 - 11 a.m. with your signs and smiles to protest. Gather to protest ICE [Immigration and Customs Enforcement] illegal detention of...
CENTRAL CITY - Saturday, June 28, 2025, was a beautiful day. And the most beautiful time of day, for me, was 5 p.m. when I wandered into the Central City Opera garden. After talking to a few friends and neighbors, I collected our table assignments...
Dear Editor, I am an avid hunter, angler, and hiker, and I would like to share one of my experiences with you today. My father and I were turkey hunting in eastern Colorado, where you often find yourself away from civilization. This time, we...
Dear Coal Creek Canyon residents and business owners, Coal Creek Canyon Improvement Association (CCCIA) is excited to announce the launch of a new community initiative, “CCC Keep It Local,” designed to strengthen the bond between Coal Creek...
PEAK TO PEAK - Buried in the depths of Trump’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” is a clause that has mostly been upstaged by the furor over cuts to Medicaid and increases for ICE: the...
Dear Editor, Ever since moving to our Dory Lakes home, we have been concerned about the prospect of wildfire. Everyone who lives in these beautiful mountains should be concerned about the possibility of wildfire! A few months ago, I...
Dear Editor, We were so pleased to get an inside view and a tour of the Wild Bear Nature Center being built just north of town. Having been very involved with the town and the county to make Mud Lake an open space for all of us to enjoy, I...
Dear Editor I recently received an unsolicited request to send President Trump a birthday card. The request reads, “I assumed that because you won a landslide victory in November, most of your agenda would get carried out. But suddenly federal...
Dear Readers, Contact members of Congress in Colorado and tell them about the issues that are important to you. Ellen Moore, Nederland Senator William Bennet Cesar E. Chavez Memorial Building 1244 Speer Boulevard Denver, CO...
Dear Readers, On this Independence Day while out celebrating you can also plan to help a neighbor who may be experiencing food insecurity. No one knows when an unexpected emergency or expensive car repair might cut into the money that was...
BLACK HAWK - It’s that time of year, our annual trek with kids going back to school. Well, sort of. A lot of our staff have kids going back to school, but mine doesn’t start school for a month. He is, however, working on his résumé to find a...
Dear Editor, Last Wednesday, June 11, the world lost a true musical genius. Brian Wilson was born June 20, 1942. I suspect that he heard music in his head much like Beethoven or Mozart did. Early in his recording career, he became a master of...
Dear Editor, I canvassed to get Governor Polis on the ballot. He ran as a Democrat; at that time, I believed in his candidacy. I no longer feel that way. His more recent decisions on vetoing the Pro-Labor Peace Act, a pro-labor bill...
Dear Editor, “Sometimes you have to cut a tree to save a forest” sounds like the kind of saying that fits this anti-science age and skepticism regarding our forest preservation practices. A case in point is the Middle Boulder Creek Fuel Reduction...